Occupational injury and illness in the semiconductor manufacturing industry

✍ Scribed by Dr. Stephen A. McCurdy; Marc B. Schenker; Donald V. Lassiter

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 784 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700150503

✦ Synopsis

Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-four reports of OSHA-reportable occupational injury or illness cases in 1984 from member companies of a national trade association of semiconductor manufacturing firms were analyzed. The 37 participating manufacturing facilities represented 16 companies employing over 95,000 persons, or approximately one-third of the U.S. work force for this industry in 1984. The annual incidence rate for all reportable injuries and illnesses was 2.7 per 100 full-time employees (WE) for men and 3.7 per 100 FTE for women. Strains, sprains, or dislocations were the most frequently reported incidents (N = 956 [31.9%]), followed by cuts, lacerations, punctures, scratches, and abrasions (N = 445 [14.9%]), and chemical burns (N = 401 [ 13.4%]). Increased work-loss days per case were associated with manufacturing sites that did not have an employee health clinic on the premises, with custodial occupations, and with female gender.